NatWest Group
Citi names new global head of equity derivatives
Boyle replaces Yates at Citi, as Baml picks up Stolz and Lee
RBS structured products head joins BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas recruits von Gunten from RBS as head of client strategy
SG launches six-year at-risk product based on FTSE 100
Societe Generale sets barrier at 60% in income product for UK retail
BNP Paribas takes over market-making reins from RBS
RBS Markets starts transfer of market-making to BNP Paribas
People: Sef start-up CEOs stand down
Three months after the start of mandatory Sef trading, two CEOs are moving on
RBS sets up first Moody's-rated DPC in 14 years
Vehicle thought to cover swap with UK pub operator Punch Taverns
SEC slammed by own commissioner for RBS Libor step-down
Big banks 'too big to bar', says commissioner Kara Stein
BNP Paribas appoints to senior roles
Placido, Cock and Morsia added to management team
Intra-day risk management needs clear data, conference hears
Data needs to be understood across the organisation
OpRisk North America: Question business models, conference told
Banks must involve op risk in strategy decisions, says RBS' Spielmann
Westpac appoints two in Hong Kong, and other recent job moves
Steven Yu and Alex Tam join Australian bank
People: RBS strategic review alarms senior staff, say recruiters
RBS expected to refocus on core businesses and home markets - investment bank could shrink further; new faces at the SEC; Mahmud takes top forex post at Citi; client execution hires at UBS; Aviva Investors replaces Ikram
Barclays ETN follows Nobel strategy
Star attractions
RBS portfolio sale to BNP Paribas awaits EC approval
BNP Paribas awaits competition clearance
First stage of IRHP redress complete
FCA-ordered review finds 18,737 'non-sophisticated customers' sold hedges, most against the rules; payout could reach £2.67 billion
FCA names 'skilled persons' for RBS lending review
Promontory Financial and Mazars will examine evidence
HSBC, RBS and SG to offer delegated reporting
The trio join five other banks in offering to report clients' trades to a trade repository on their behalf
In-house system of the year: Royal Bank of Scotland
A 30-fold increase in its computing grid, enabling coverage of 90% of the bank's derivatives business - a two-year overhaul of the counterparty risk framework at Royal Bank of Scotland wins this year's in-house system award
People: BNP Paribas to take RBS staff in structured products deal
The French bank will house up to 600 RBS staff after winning auction; SG CIB provides new CEO for Newedge; US futures business at Deutsche gets new boss; JP Morgan promotes divisional CFOs; SGX splits regulatory and risk roles
RBS review heralds tighter focus on small business lending
The news of a regulator-ordered review of RBS's lending shows that the FCA plans to tighten up oversight of treatment of small businesses as well as retail customers
RBS agrees to sell £175bn structured product portfolio to BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas wins bid to acquire the multi-billion-pound structured products portfolio put up for sale by Royal Bank of Scotland
Top 10 op risks: IT failure
The sixth in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at IT failure. System crashes are an embarrassingly public way to lose money – and will become less and less affordable as transaction speeds grow
Top 10 op risks: index rigging
The first in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at index rigging. The Libor-rigging scandal continues to grow, and other indexes may have been involved too